I bought two 11 dollar metal blinds for my garage two years ago from Walmart and they have worked perfectly. You installation tips are great and will use them going forward.
I shopped for blinds just st a month ago and passed out. Put all new windows in my house and wanted to update the levolor brand I had with new colors. The wingnut before me put black blinds in. New ones today were damn near the price of my windows. Phicking insane.
“Sure you can, you know how spray paint works!” that’s what my boss says to me every dang time I ask “I like that but can we get it in another color?” If the old blinds aren’t staying no matter what and it’ll cost you an ungodly amount for new ones… maybe painting them isn’t the worst idea! Couldn’t hurt if you want to toss them regardless
I purchased similar cellular blinds from HD in 2008, it took until 2020 for them to stop going up smoothly in rooms that were used morning and night which i think is reasonable. But mine were not black out and made from a fabric which holds dust and won't let go. White will quickly turn to gray or brown, trust me. Another thing to point out. If you're in a cooler climate i offset the brackets from the frame so i can get the film plastic window seals installed. Really helps in MI winter.
Another thing to be careful about are the materials the blinds are made out of. Some of these can go up in flames extremely violently acting as an accelerant and then in turn lighting things on fire that usually don’t burn easily.
Got the same blinds and in some of the less used rooms the opening spring gets stuck and requires a bit of persuasion to kick in. The trick would be to open them daily to keep them in good working condition
Thanks so much for making this! I need a bunch of blinds too and didn’t even want to start researching but you researched everything I needed! I’ll use your links to get them now!
These break right around the two year mark or sooner. They are a poor design that has the mechanisms working against gravity and the how hard or soft the consumer pulls on it. Great for spaces that are not used. They look incredibly cheap and work incredibly cheap. Great for rentals or garages. Not for a new home.
I got similar Amazon blinds for 5 windows. Rather than fit them inside the frame I got them wide enough to cover the window from the measurements outside of the trim. The brackets are designed for both types of mounting. That let me mount a strip of wood above the window to be screwed into studs then the blind brackets can be positioned anywhere along the strip to fit the mechanisms. They gave us pretty good black out coverage this way, too. One out of five I returned because it did not hang straight and got a replacement. Good to check when you get them.
Great channel. I would never spend 3 figures for one window. I could buy 5 cheap blinds and change it out every year. If I was looking for black out I buy black out insulated curtains.
I went to get custom blinds from my local store. The associate was really great in helping me. I picked up six of them and went on my way. At $8.44 per blind, that $50 was the best $50 that I ever spent. Walmart rocks.
@@James26285 This year? Home Depot has these cordless venetian blinds for like $10-30 depending on how wide a window you're covering. Same kind of bracket mounting as what's shown in the video.
I bought IKEA's cellular blinds. They only come in fixed sizes, however they can be cut down to whatever size you need with a circular saw. Yes you can! You must make sure you are very careful and you will most likely need to readjust the spring mechanism, Its not hard but you need to know what you are doing which just means coming to understand how it works. However Mold can be an issue. They do clean up easily as they are polyester, they look like paper but they are not.
I get the basic blinds at Home Depot for like $13. They don't have a cord... You just raise them and lower them and they stay in place. They are standard blinds not cellular, but I don't cry if my dog rips them apart.
Yup I get those for rental properties I manage , 1" cordless light filtering vinyl cordless blinds from Menards . Dumb cheap and usually get the size closet for n inside mount if not they cut them for free to sizes so affordable and looks great I am dumbfounded by people wasting money on shit like this like literally
$550? That’s what boutique stores charge for the bored spouses charge for their products, and than they (possibly) include installation. (I doubt it’s included, why not take all the money? If there’s still money on the table) $130 ? Still not reasonable for such a small blind. I just revisited my Amazon history, because I was certain the regular room window blinds I bought were not so much. I bought Bali blinds, a reputable brand, for several windows. $52 appx. each. My main windows, in front of house 72”x72” were a lot more. All have been serving now since 2017. I have a disabled family member, my daughter, she tends to be very rough on the bedroom shades, these ones are study, dust is the only blemish concern, and if they are damaged, it’s a cheap replacement.
@@ChipChurpI bought those too. And the plastic on those literally disintegrates in six months. Just touch the slats slightly to peer through them and they snap like crackers.
I grew to hate traditional folding style blinds... they are just dust collectors and easy to damage. I've gone to zebra blinds made by Persilux. Yes, they cost more that those paper/composite blinds, but are reasonably priced. They also have a huge advantage with their double-overlay design, being able to adjust (for privacy) nearly anywhere along their deployment and lay flat so as to not gather any dust. Very easy to keep clean.
Good video. Thanks! I need help getting my old blinds off the window - specifically the header piece. Do you have a video for that? Looking for a great thermal up down/down up shade in US that is in this same price range.
Great & this is what I wanted to see, a Lowe's or Home Depot like review & most likely what I'm going to do,, just for the fun of it I'm having a Co. come to measure out give me a quote with their Hunter Douglas Almighty brand.
Levalor used to be the number one brand in America. Unfortunately they have dropped in quality customer service and are now owned by Hunter Douglas. They are treated like the red-headed stepchild and are kind of like the Daewoo of the window covering industry.
Gonna give props to EcoSmart Shades in Vermont. Great service, quality, and attention to details in their design. Made in USA yet still say cheaper than name brand stuff.
Just $500 per window? We averaged $1000 CAD (yup, that’s three zeros) per window with Hunter Douglas Silhouettes back in 2005-and that was a very good price.😱I guess it was a case of the blinds doing the stealing for a change…
Yep, we priced out Hunter Douglas blinds as well, too rich for our blood. Found a Canadian custom manufacturer for half that price and still felt ripped off, lol. Blinds look and function great though.
Same. I was amazed at the cost. I priced out a few and then just for fun estimated the cost for the whole house with my ideal setup (i.e. all electric, some room darkening, etc) and it was ~$20k range. lol. To be fair, it's a big house with a lot of windows, but I noped right outta that. A few months later I came back with something completely different and just starting out with 2; I think I'll take it _veeerrry_ gradually if we're gonna be at that price point.
You forgot to mention that when measuring and ordering you have to account for the hardware on the blind itself. It adds something like a 1/8 on each side. I doubled up on my bedroom windows with light filtering inside the window frame and black outs in the outside. This way I can have some privacy with some light getting through and if I want to watch a movie or sleep in, i can close the black outs
You didn't order them as an inside mount or the company ordered from does not take standard deductions for inside mount. When you give most manufacturers an inside mount measurement they take off it usually somewhere between 1/16 to 3/16 off the width plus any hardware that may be in the way. If you order them as an outside mount you will get exactly what you order.
Lol I bought a cheap one off Amazon… I don’t think it’s in the cards for a video, it’s too graphic!!! Funny story though when I first installed I turned it on and it shot me right in the face😂
@@TheFunnyCarpenter Why do you think an add on bidet is too graphic? You don't have to demonstrate it! Many countries in Europe and Asia have bidets in every bathroom... even McDonalds. I host international students, some of them had never heard of toilet paper before arriving in North America. One student always carried a filled water bottle because she thought toilet paper was so unsanitary. I have looked at dozens of bidet-type products to attach to the toilet; however, the products are so different. If I buy one that uses warm water, how do I connect it? Should I choose a model that attaches inside the toilet or one beside the toilet? What is the tradeoff between a higher water bill compared to paying for toilet paper? @timshel011 Thank you!
I’m not a big fan of blinds. I hate all the banging they make if you have a window open. Custom drapes are expensive but so worth it. Especially if you think you need to replace your existing windows. Don’t ask me how I know this. 😂
Started out by browsing at a Hunter Douglass reseller, since I got a new house a few years back. Few of the homes I looked at touted that they had them installed. So, got an estimate to see what it'd roughly be for a few windows (and then for the whole house for fun) and... 🤯lol. Yeah, yours were expensive $500/ea but what I was looking at was north of $1.2-$1.5k/ea. I still got some just for my home office (I may gradually add more over time if I'm satisfied with them) but that alone ran me about $2k for just a few windows. They are high end but damn I was surprised with how expensive it could get, for sure.
We have hunter douglass at my house, and they look and work nice, until the inside rope cables wear through the little plastic pieces protecting them from the sharp punched metal holes at the top and start eating at and fraying the ropes until they break. Nearly every one of ours has stopped working and we take them in to get fixed, some under warranty but that only lasts so long. I'm looking for cheap replacements now :-).
Though this is true it's not the standard. You do get what you pay for absolutely. But most blinds and shades are not made with low VOC materials and certainly not NFPA 701 compliant (fire rating). I owned a custom window covering company.
If those were Zimbabwe dollars, then that was a steal! p.s. I'm a trillionaire (no literally, I actually have a $100 trillion dollar note from Zimbabwe, lol).
Blinds are for people who haven't graduated to curtains yet. Curtains are superior in every way and some really significant ways. First and foremost they don't take up 10-20% of your precious window. They actually block all light. They are inexpensive, washable, etc. Blinds are what people that haven't found curtains use. I suggest Ikea curtains on their. Vidga track, modern looks, inexpensive, unlimited Customizability.
I like the minimalist look of in-frame shades, personally. That and having curtains tied back to the side (optionally) in case I want to block a bit more light or just add more visual interest to a window. 🤷♂
Well that’s quite pompous of you to say. Not everyone prefers curtains/ drapes or they like a combination. Curtains/drapes have their down side as well.
Sheer linen curtains on the inside and blackout inside mount shades allow privacy but some light to come thru. The problem w using all curtains (like hotels) is you can’t have natural light and privacy it’s one or the other.
I'm super nervous to see your impact driver sit on its battery on the edge of the bench. They are designed to trick you into doing this, so you can topple it over with the spindle onto the concrete ground. Next you'll find yourself for a new one, because this one is out of center.
I own all makita drivers and impact drivers, bulletproof. I’ve dropped all of them (3 regular screw guns, 2 commercial grade ones and two like this one) and they all withstand the falls. Though I freak out everytime one tumbles, especially when the larger batteries are attached. A 2aHr battery is supper light, but most are 5ahr’s which are bulky and heavy. And also more of a concern about breakage, since they cost more than the tool itself in most cases
Most contractors that I’ve met will drill on about not setting the power tools on the battery as thats usually how they get knocked over and damage things
@@Jefixit yes, definitely. I’m guilty of failing to keep that in mind when I’m on a ladder. Limited space on the top ‘step’. I did finally install the belt clip on a couple drills, but because it was banging my knee, it is often ignored. It makes the profile wider, so it forces me to lay it on its side, but still, setting it upright forever is an instantaneous heart attack when it again topples. Maybe a weeble shaped battery is the answer. Looks dorky but if you know my reference, it’s at least a humorous reference.
@@STV-H4H on the older Makita series I bent one spindle and broke two chucks by toppling them from waist height onto concrete. Since then I lay my machines on their sides, so I don't know what the new ones can withstand. But I really don't want to find out 😉
I’ve had my blinds for a few years now. One side broke and we could still close them, but now both sides are broke, and can’t get the blinds to go back up. Is there away to fix them?
In the window covering industry you get what you pay for until you get to about $300 a window for cellular shades, then it levels off. But a $300 cellular shape will literally last you the rest of your life in your home. Versus what he's showing may last 3 to 5 years. I can understand you thinking things are expensive but when you own your own home and it's even a mid-level home and you put cheap $10 blinds on it it's kind of like putting snow tires on a Corvette. Corvette is not the beall and end all car it's a nice middle of the road sports car but by putting snow tires on it you severely hamper its ability to do its job. We also detract from the value of said car because it can no longer do what it should be able to do.
It is a lot of work to get the channel to make real money. Some people make it after two or three years of continuous effort; some people never make it.
You think $120 per window is a lot? Lol You're naive. I'm not making fun of you it's just amazes me how much people don't know about the price of things for their home.
15/16 from the edge of the window? Wouldn’t it be better to just say 1/16” from the front most edge? Another observation. Youe a carpenter who uses his garage for what? This garage appears to be the same type of garage people who don’t use the garage as a garage or workshop. It looks like a tea party room. No wonder spending over $100 per is acceptable.
$120 for a single cellular shade is bottom of the barrel for custom. You may be able to find them for a little bit less but they're going to work for about 8 seconds before they fail. A good cellular shade is 300 plus. Though I would never put a cellular shade in a garage should be some type of plastic like a faux wood blind.
That's what I thought. I buy the $13 blinds at Home Depot because my dog's going to eat them eventually anyway. I was thinking about being fancy sometime and buying the $20 ones but I just can't bring myself to spend that much.
Hunter Douglas is not to be all in and all. There are plenty of other brands that are just as good you just don't know the names of them. I should know i own a custom window covering company and I do sell Hunter Douglas along with many other vendors such as, signature series, enlightened styles, Norman, pro design, among others. All of the ones I just mentioned are all of the same quality but are in some cases less than half of the hunter Douglas equivalent. I'm not saying hunter Douglas is a bad product I'm just saying their value in the space is quite unreasonable. With that being said though I sell over a million dollars of Hunter Douglas a year.
Actually cellular shades are the most efficient thing you can put on your window. You may not like to look of them but they actually have an r rating of around four. This makes them the single best thing you can do to make your window more energy efficient. And these ones are cheap AF. An energy star certified one, only sold by Hunter Douglas, would easily be $800 for that size window. Not saying you have to spend that but you do get what you pay for in the window covering industry.
$160 canadian, Holy F**k, and your ordering more, lol, does that come with a maid or valet or some such, good grief, RUclipss paying yout too much, lol, for that kind of cheese it better frickin work and not get dirty
I own a window covering company and $120 for covering for cellular shade is my bottom of the barrel. That would be a custom width but not custom height thing. My standard is about 250 and they can go all the way up to a thousand if you want a hunter Douglas premium.
I bought two 11 dollar metal blinds for my garage two years ago from Walmart and they have worked perfectly. You installation tips are great and will use them going forward.
I shopped for blinds just st a month ago and passed out. Put all new windows in my house and wanted to update the levolor brand I had with new colors. The wingnut before me put black blinds in. New ones today were damn near the price of my windows. Phicking insane.
If that’s what you paid for your windows?? ….good luck replacing them in a few years.
#modernwindowssuck
“Sure you can, you know how spray paint works!” that’s what my boss says to me every dang time I ask “I like that but can we get it in another color?”
If the old blinds aren’t staying no matter what and it’ll cost you an ungodly amount for new ones… maybe painting them isn’t the worst idea! Couldn’t hurt if you want to toss them regardless
@@SavannahCastranda-m3c Great idea! Or also consider painting the windows with black paint, job done
Such a classic DIY project and well done Ryan. I was surprised the dirt came off with just the sponge 🤯.
You and me both! I was nervous about that, It would have kind of ruined the blind and the video!
I purchased similar cellular blinds from HD in 2008, it took until 2020 for them to stop going up smoothly in rooms that were used morning and night which i think is reasonable. But mine were not black out and made from a fabric which holds dust and won't let go. White will quickly turn to gray or brown, trust me.
Another thing to point out. If you're in a cooler climate i offset the brackets from the frame so i can get the film plastic window seals installed. Really helps in MI winter.
Another thing to be careful about are the materials the blinds are made out of. Some of these can go up in flames extremely violently acting as an accelerant and then in turn lighting things on fire that usually don’t burn easily.
Made in China ?
Got the same blinds and in some of the less used rooms the opening spring gets stuck and requires a bit of persuasion to kick in. The trick would be to open them daily to keep them in good working condition
Persilux brand? I see on their site they recently updated the open close hardware…. Hopefully it holds up!
Thanks so much for making this! I need a bunch of blinds too and didn’t even want to start researching but you researched everything I needed! I’ll use your links to get them now!
Could you please do a 3,000 pull test just to satisfy my curiosity if the blind will last 30 years?
These break right around the two year mark or sooner. They are a poor design that has the mechanisms working against gravity and the how hard or soft the consumer pulls on it. Great for spaces that are not used. They look incredibly cheap and work incredibly cheap. Great for rentals or garages. Not for a new home.
I got similar Amazon blinds for 5 windows. Rather than fit them inside the frame I got them wide enough to cover the window from the measurements outside of the trim. The brackets are designed for both types of mounting.
That let me mount a strip of wood above the window to be screwed into studs then the blind brackets can be positioned anywhere along the strip to fit the mechanisms.
They gave us pretty good black out coverage this way, too.
One out of five I returned because it did not hang straight and got a replacement. Good to check when you get them.
For anyone considering outside mount, extending width to 3" past window frame edge is enough to block light.
Great channel. I would never spend 3 figures for one window. I could buy 5 cheap blinds and change it out every year. If I was looking for black out I buy black out insulated curtains.
I went to get custom blinds from my local store.
The associate was really great in helping me.
I picked up six of them and went on my way.
At $8.44 per blind, that $50 was the best $50 that I ever spent.
Walmart rocks.
8.44$ a blind? In what 1968?
@@James26285 This year? Home Depot has these cordless venetian blinds for like $10-30 depending on how wide a window you're covering. Same kind of bracket mounting as what's shown in the video.
@@James26285 What a dumb thing to say.
Are you Forrest Gump?
@@stans5270 What kind of blinds did you end up with? How are they holding up for you (and how long have you had them)?
Nothing at Walmart is custom. You just bought some inexpensive white blinds…and that may be perfect for your needs.
My daughter has those Amazon blinds. I bought a similar Home Depot black out blinds that were half the price and are definitely better quality
Interesting, thanks for sharing. I bought HD blinds a while back and wasn’t happy with them… but I’m sure there’s all different types
I bought IKEA's cellular blinds. They only come in fixed sizes, however they can be cut down to whatever size you need with a circular saw. Yes you can! You must make sure you are very careful and you will most likely need to readjust the spring mechanism, Its not hard but you need to know what you are doing which just means coming to understand how it works. However Mold can be an issue. They do clean up easily as they are polyester, they look like paper but they are not.
I get the basic blinds at Home Depot for like $13. They don't have a cord... You just raise them and lower them and they stay in place. They are standard blinds not cellular, but I don't cry if my dog rips them apart.
If they get too dirty, I can just replace them. 😂
I agree. I don't understand why anyone would spend as much as he did on blinds.
Yup I get those for rental properties I manage , 1" cordless light filtering vinyl cordless blinds from Menards . Dumb cheap and usually get the size closet for n inside mount if not they cut them for free to sizes so affordable and looks great I am dumbfounded by people wasting money on shit like this like literally
$550? That’s what boutique stores charge for the bored spouses charge for their products, and than they (possibly) include installation. (I doubt it’s included, why not take all the money? If there’s still money on the table)
$130 ? Still not reasonable for such a small blind.
I just revisited my Amazon history, because I was certain the regular room window blinds I bought were not so much. I bought Bali blinds, a reputable brand, for several windows. $52 appx. each.
My main windows, in front of house 72”x72” were a lot more. All have been serving now since 2017. I have a disabled family member, my daughter, she tends to be very rough on the bedroom shades, these ones are study, dust is the only blemish concern, and if they are damaged, it’s a cheap replacement.
@@ChipChurpI bought those too. And the plastic on those literally disintegrates in six months. Just touch the slats slightly to peer through them and they snap like crackers.
I grew to hate traditional folding style blinds... they are just dust collectors and easy to damage. I've gone to zebra blinds made by Persilux. Yes, they cost more that those paper/composite blinds, but are reasonably priced. They also have a huge advantage with their double-overlay design, being able to adjust (for privacy) nearly anywhere along their deployment and lay flat so as to not gather any dust. Very easy to keep clean.
Good video. Thanks! I need help getting my old blinds off the window - specifically the header piece. Do you have a video for that? Looking for a great thermal up down/down up shade in US that is in this same price range.
We bought levolor ones from Lowe's that have been great, somewhere between 50 and 80 apiece. Haven't looked back since.
Great & this is what I wanted to see, a Lowe's or Home Depot like review & most likely what I'm going to do,, just for the fun of it I'm having a Co. come to measure out give me a quote with their Hunter Douglas Almighty brand.
Levalor used to be the number one brand in America. Unfortunately they have dropped in quality customer service and are now owned by Hunter Douglas. They are treated like the red-headed stepchild and are kind of like the Daewoo of the window covering industry.
Gonna give props to EcoSmart Shades in Vermont. Great service, quality, and attention to details in their design. Made in USA yet still say cheaper than name brand stuff.
Why a horizontal blind for a casement (horizontal open) window? Won't it flap in the breeze?
Please don't take this the wrong way. Someone needs to take the credit card away from you guys...especially your wife.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
How are we supposed collect Travel Miles??? You buy 2 million dollars in goods and the next thing you know your flying one way to San Diego!
In coach@@TheFunnyCarpenter
@@TheFunnyCarpenter😂🤣😂
@@TheFunnyCarpenterbut only on about 10 Tuesdays of the year.
The man of the people!
There really wasn't any good videos out there on these type of cheap blinds.....until now!....well good is debatable:)
@@TheFunnyCarpenter thanks for testing it out, I was wondering ok the quality of the product.
Just $500 per window? We averaged $1000 CAD (yup, that’s three zeros) per window with Hunter Douglas Silhouettes back in 2005-and that was a very good price.😱I guess it was a case of the blinds doing the stealing for a change…
Yep, we priced out Hunter Douglas blinds as well, too rich for our blood. Found a Canadian custom manufacturer for half that price and still felt ripped off, lol. Blinds look and function great though.
Same. I was amazed at the cost. I priced out a few and then just for fun estimated the cost for the whole house with my ideal setup (i.e. all electric, some room darkening, etc) and it was ~$20k range. lol. To be fair, it's a big house with a lot of windows, but I noped right outta that. A few months later I came back with something completely different and just starting out with 2; I think I'll take it _veeerrry_ gradually if we're gonna be at that price point.
I own a custom window covering business. I can easily sell you a new car's worth of blind and shades if you're looking at Hunter Douglas.
You forgot to mention that when measuring and ordering you have to account for the hardware on the blind itself. It adds something like a 1/8 on each side.
I doubled up on my bedroom windows with light filtering inside the window frame and black outs in the outside. This way I can have some privacy with some light getting through and if I want to watch a movie or sleep in, i can close the black outs
Last time I ordered blinds, I specified a slightly wider window opening to reduce gaps on the sides (the blinds come undersized). It worked.
You didn't order them as an inside mount or the company ordered from does not take standard deductions for inside mount. When you give most manufacturers an inside mount measurement they take off it usually somewhere between 1/16 to 3/16 off the width plus any hardware that may be in the way. If you order them as an outside mount you will get exactly what you order.
Great video!
Could you do one on buying an add on quality bidet...😅
Lol I bought a cheap one off Amazon… I don’t think it’s in the cards for a video, it’s too graphic!!! Funny story though when I first installed I turned it on and it shot me right in the face😂
@@TheFunnyCarpenter Why do you think an add on bidet is too graphic? You don't have to demonstrate it! Many countries in Europe and Asia have bidets in every bathroom... even McDonalds. I host international students, some of them had never heard of toilet paper before arriving in North America. One student always carried a filled water bottle because she thought toilet paper was so unsanitary. I have looked at dozens of bidet-type products to attach to the toilet; however, the products are so different. If I buy one that uses warm water, how do I connect it? Should I choose a model that attaches inside the toilet or one beside the toilet? What is the tradeoff between a higher water bill compared to paying for toilet paper? @timshel011 Thank you!
I bought bigger blinds and motorized in lowes for the same price about 120 dollars
Saved 1000's this summer ordering on Amazon VS a few of the quotes we got from local companies.
How are the blinds working out so far?
Have you tried the Ikea blinds? They have some of these that are like $20-30.
Really wish this was posted last year when I bought all new blinds for my house......
I’m not a big fan of blinds. I hate all the banging they make if you have a window open. Custom drapes are expensive but so worth it. Especially if you think you need to replace your existing windows. Don’t ask me how I know this. 😂
Started out by browsing at a Hunter Douglass reseller, since I got a new house a few years back. Few of the homes I looked at touted that they had them installed. So, got an estimate to see what it'd roughly be for a few windows (and then for the whole house for fun) and... 🤯lol. Yeah, yours were expensive $500/ea but what I was looking at was north of $1.2-$1.5k/ea. I still got some just for my home office (I may gradually add more over time if I'm satisfied with them) but that alone ran me about $2k for just a few windows. They are high end but damn I was surprised with how expensive it could get, for sure.
We have hunter douglass at my house, and they look and work nice, until the inside rope cables wear through the little plastic pieces protecting them from the sharp punched metal holes at the top and start eating at and fraying the ropes until they break. Nearly every one of ours has stopped working and we take them in to get fixed, some under warranty but that only lasts so long. I'm looking for cheap replacements now :-).
Such a great review. Thank you
300 opens and closes is hardly a year worth of usage (assuming you're opening those blinds every morning)
Can you do a total blackout DIY?
Does it have horizontal closure?
So the title said cheap but then the picture you showed said $160 each. These are not not the same. 😆
He said $160 Canadian.
@@michaels3003 😂
Custom made blinds are made using Low VOC type fabrics with Flame retardant standards to the relevant Fire code.
You get what you pay for .
Though this is true it's not the standard. You do get what you pay for absolutely. But most blinds and shades are not made with low VOC materials and certainly not NFPA 701 compliant (fire rating). I owned a custom window covering company.
Can you use these on casement windows?
Haha, fun ending & informative. I coincidentally had Persilux blinds pulled up on Aliexpress hile watching this. Will check your link too.
Do you have the Aliexpress link?
Love your videos!!!
Thank you!!
I bought 2 blinds for 2 million dollars each and the screws were $1000 dollars each and i needed 16 so was $16000..
If those were Zimbabwe dollars, then that was a steal! p.s. I'm a trillionaire (no literally, I actually have a $100 trillion dollar note from Zimbabwe, lol).
Do these open partially, or can they only be open or closed fully?
Technically, these are not "blinds" but cellular shades - they have no slats like blinds and can only be raised or lowered.
Blinds are for people who haven't graduated to curtains yet. Curtains are superior in every way and some really significant ways. First and foremost they don't take up 10-20% of your precious window. They actually block all light. They are inexpensive, washable, etc. Blinds are what people that haven't found curtains use. I suggest Ikea curtains on their. Vidga track, modern looks, inexpensive, unlimited Customizability.
Yes but do the curtains come with cool windy mechanisms?
What are curtains?
I like the minimalist look of in-frame shades, personally. That and having curtains tied back to the side (optionally) in case I want to block a bit more light or just add more visual interest to a window. 🤷♂
Well that’s quite pompous of you to say. Not everyone prefers curtains/ drapes or they like a combination. Curtains/drapes have their down side as well.
Sheer linen curtains on the inside and blackout inside mount shades allow privacy but some light to come thru. The problem w using all curtains (like hotels) is you can’t have natural light and privacy it’s one or the other.
I counted 298.. Total rip off!
I demand a recount!
very helpful thanks!
I'm super nervous to see your impact driver sit on its battery on the edge of the bench. They are designed to trick you into doing this, so you can topple it over with the spindle onto the concrete ground. Next you'll find yourself for a new one, because this one is out of center.
I own all makita drivers and impact drivers, bulletproof.
I’ve dropped all of them (3 regular screw guns, 2 commercial grade ones and two like this one) and they all withstand the falls. Though I freak out everytime one tumbles, especially when the larger batteries are attached. A 2aHr battery is supper light, but most are 5ahr’s which are bulky and heavy. And also more of a concern about breakage, since they cost more than the tool itself in most cases
@@STV-H4H Can't beat Makita for quality that's for sure
Most contractors that I’ve met will drill on about not setting the power tools on the battery as thats usually how they get knocked over and damage things
@@Jefixit yes, definitely. I’m guilty of failing to keep that in mind when I’m on a ladder. Limited space on the top ‘step’.
I did finally install the belt clip on a couple drills, but because it was banging my knee, it is often ignored. It makes the profile wider, so it forces me to lay it on its side, but still, setting it upright forever is an instantaneous heart attack when it again topples.
Maybe a weeble shaped battery is the answer. Looks dorky but if you know my reference, it’s at least a humorous reference.
@@STV-H4H on the older Makita series I bent one spindle and broke two chucks by toppling them from waist height onto concrete. Since then I lay my machines on their sides, so I don't know what the new ones can withstand. But I really don't want to find out 😉
I’ve had my blinds for a few years now. One side broke and we could still close them, but now both sides are broke, and can’t get the blinds to go back up. Is there away to fix them?
That depends if they are custom or stock items. You can fix custom you cannot fix stock
Cheapest window shades I saw is in Home Depot $13!
You could pay less if you went with aluminum foil. Might potentially be more energy saving, too!
I have never spent more than $10 for a blind my god $150 for one window is nuts.
Lol. Your funny.
Open and close 300 times.... why would you do that.
Seriously? You can buy similar blinds without blackout at Boscovs for $25. No way I’d pay $160
In the window covering industry you get what you pay for until you get to about $300 a window for cellular shades, then it levels off. But a $300 cellular shape will literally last you the rest of your life in your home. Versus what he's showing may last 3 to 5 years. I can understand you thinking things are expensive but when you own your own home and it's even a mid-level home and you put cheap $10 blinds on it it's kind of like putting snow tires on a Corvette. Corvette is not the beall and end all car it's a nice middle of the road sports car but by putting snow tires on it you severely hamper its ability to do its job. We also detract from the value of said car because it can no longer do what it should be able to do.
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Obviously doing videos on YT pays a lot better than I thought.
It is a lot of work to get the channel to make real money. Some people make it after two or three years of continuous effort; some people never make it.
You think $120 per window is a lot? Lol You're naive. I'm not making fun of you it's just amazes me how much people don't know about the price of things for their home.
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15/16 from the edge of the window?
Wouldn’t it be better to just say
1/16” from the front most edge?
Another observation. Youe a carpenter who uses his garage for what?
This garage appears to be the same type of garage people who don’t use the garage as a garage or workshop. It looks like a tea party room. No wonder spending over $100 per is acceptable.
$120 for a single cellular shade is bottom of the barrel for custom. You may be able to find them for a little bit less but they're going to work for about 8 seconds before they fail. A good cellular shade is 300 plus. Though I would never put a cellular shade in a garage should be some type of plastic like a faux wood blind.
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$500 for a set of blinds? Take that credit card away, jeez.
Are those cats 🐈 resistant??? 🤔
Wide slat venetian blinds or shutters. That's about it.
people are paying 100s for one blind? jesus christ yall are nuts
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That's what I thought. I buy the $13 blinds at Home Depot because my dog's going to eat them eventually anyway.
I was thinking about being fancy sometime and buying the $20 ones but I just can't bring myself to spend that much.
The expensive blinds make sense in nice rooms with 20+k in furniture.
@@sociopathmercenarythe cheapest blind at my home Depot are literally 50$
@@sociopathmercenary i usually go 20 dollar ones
Fire alarm battery!
it looks cheap as hell. cannot touch hunter douglas
Hunter Douglas is not to be all in and all. There are plenty of other brands that are just as good you just don't know the names of them. I should know i own a custom window covering company and I do sell Hunter Douglas along with many other vendors such as, signature series, enlightened styles, Norman, pro design, among others. All of the ones I just mentioned are all of the same quality but are in some cases less than half of the hunter Douglas equivalent. I'm not saying hunter Douglas is a bad product I'm just saying their value in the space is quite unreasonable. With that being said though I sell over a million dollars of Hunter Douglas a year.
Now you can get a shoulder massage with some of the money you'll save!
Lol I had to reshoot this part of the video because initially I said 1000 times, that was going to be way too painful!
@@TheFunnyCarpenter I don't blame you! I have a pinched nerve in my shoulders and anytime I do wall or ceiling tile, drywall, trim, my arms go numb.
$169.00 per piece… you must be joking. This particular blind by the way is a junk.
Over 500 hundred for just one blind? I don't think so. Even at $160, that's expensive! You must have been working three jobs!
$500 per shade is mid-tier. Sorry to bring reality into the conversation but that's just the truth of it.
If you rent a house you don't want to screw anything lol
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You Get what you pay for: it’s not 1989 anymore ! Looks 💩
Actually cellular shades are the most efficient thing you can put on your window. You may not like to look of them but they actually have an r rating of around four. This makes them the single best thing you can do to make your window more energy efficient. And these ones are cheap AF. An energy star certified one, only sold by Hunter Douglas, would easily be $800 for that size window. Not saying you have to spend that but you do get what you pay for in the window covering industry.
$160 canadian, Holy F**k, and your ordering more, lol, does that come with a maid or valet or some such, good grief, RUclipss paying yout too much, lol, for that kind of cheese it better frickin work and not get dirty
I own a window covering company and $120 for covering for cellular shade is my bottom of the barrel. That would be a custom width but not custom height thing. My standard is about 250 and they can go all the way up to a thousand if you want a hunter Douglas premium.
You my friend are a funny carpenter lol good vid. $500 a piece ur wife has good taste